Working with your IT Department

Some guidelines from Mark S. Wilson, vice president of marketing, Infinova on how to successfully work with your IT department during the planning and deployment of a network based security system

Everyone involved with surveillance systems will be working with the IT department more and more. For instance, over 75 percent of integrators report that they are spending more and more time with IT this year versus last year. In fact, 29 percent say they are spending significantly more time. If integrators are spending more time with IT, you can only imagine the impact IT has had on end-users. Why do we bring this up?

The ability to use network infrastructure is one of the major advantages of an IP-based surveillance system. Corporate networks typically provide adequate bandwidth and switching and routing versus coaxial cable. However, don’t simply assume that running bandwidth intensive surveillance data over the IT network will be no problem.And, remember, especially if you are using high-resolution cameras, a lack of bandwidth will provide unsatisfactory images for the security department.

Here is the real problem: IT management doesn’t always understand the actual impact of video on their network. Their most important concern is that video will overburden the network and, as a result, they panic.

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